Duterte has repeatedly suspended the expiration date of the two-decade-old Visiting Forces Agreement with the US.
Philippine Foreign Minister Teodoro Locsin said the suspension would be for a further six months while President Rodrigo Duterte “studies, and both sides further address his concerns regarding, particular aspects of the agreement”. “The Department welcomes the government of the Philippines’ decision to again suspend termination of the Visiting Forces Agreement,” Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said in a statement.
Duterte told Washington last year he was cancelling the deal amid outrage over a senator and ally being denied a US visa, but he has repeatedly suspended the expiration date.
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